Pretest

• Choose a topic

• Read a background article

• Choose a side

• Read articles (pro and con)

• Find 3 reasons that support your position

• Look for information (evidence) to support your position

  • Facts and Statistics

  • Examples and Details

  • Expert Opinions

  • Quotations

• Summarize or paraphrase the information

• Save the citation information

DATABASES

**Find database log-in helps here

SIRS ISSUES RESEARCHER:

Utah's Online Library

• EBSCO Points of View
  • Click on EBSCO > scroll to bottom of page > click on Points of View
  • Can find Overview, Point-Counterpoint articles
  • Contains radio and television transcripts and primary source documents
• Gale's Opposing Viewpoints in Context
  • Click on Gale Reference Collection > look on right-hand side of page > click on Opposing Viewpoints in Context
  • Contains audio, video, statistics, and images

Google Searching

• If you use Google, you will have to evaluate the website (author, bias, currency, domain, documentation) and you will have to create the citation yourself
• Type in a phrase in quotation marks with site:.gov or site:edu after it for best results
  • Example: "illegal immigration" consequences site:edu
  • Example: "teenage driving" "minimum age" site:gov

Example of Medical Marijuana Rough Draft Outline


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